Yes, and it is the correct number of zeros to use. I find it helps to put things into scope. “Trillion” is an abstract magnitude to most people. Writing it out numerically makes it clear how absolutely enormous the number is.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party....
It absolutely doesn’t surprise me, but it is kinda funny to see him shoot himself in the foot like that. This was easy to not fuck up, but he managed to fuck it up.
Judge Ryan Nelson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed on Thursday to recuse himself from a case challenging the Biden administration’s Gaza policy. As The Intercept reported, Nelson in March was part of a judicial delegation to Israel, which was sponsored by the World Jewish Congress....
100% CYA, but also, follow the letter of the law. If you are disciplined - or face retaliation - for following documented processes, you bring it to his boss and HR.
The most devastating insult they could accomplish, if they’re simply handed his assets relatively untouched, is to turn it into a reputable, top-tier news organization. Now that would be delightfully karmic.
I mean, his lawyers are appealing to this court. I’m just hoping they’ll dutifully consider the merits of his appeal… and then throw him out on his ear.
It’s like… the first couple paragraphs are mostly coherent. And then it slowly morphs into WOOOOOO REPUBLICANS ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN SAVE US (pointedly ignoring the fact that they’re the ones that are preventing literally ANYTHING important or useful from getting done).
Do you prefer Reddit or Lemmy?
Arch Linux, made immutable, declarative and atomic: blendOS v4 released (blendos.co)
Former astronaut William Anders, who took iconic Earthrise photo, killed in Washington plane crash (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: midwest.social/post/13128061...
the debt (lemmy.world)
Granholm calls for tripling of US nuclear fleet (feddit.nl)
Source: world-nuclear-news.org/…/Granholm-calls-for-tripl…...
US grade school textbooks
People will find anything to be upset about
'Murica (files.catbox.moe)
This is true Freedom™
Britain's Rishi Sunak apologizes for leaving D-Day event early to return to campaigning (www.cbc.ca)
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a fresh setback in his struggling election campaign on Friday when he apologized for leaving D-Day commemorations early in order to give an interview attacking the main opposition party....
Judge Who Went on Israel Junket Recuses Himself From Gaza Case (theintercept.com)
Judge Ryan Nelson of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed on Thursday to recuse himself from a case challenging the Biden administration’s Gaza policy. As The Intercept reported, Nelson in March was part of a judicial delegation to Israel, which was sponsored by the World Jewish Congress....
I feel so old (lemmy.world)
Bow (lemmy.world)
We’ve just had a year in which every month was a record-setter (arstechnica.com)
Trump heads to tech fundraiser in San Francisco, with some guests paying $300,000 (www.cnbc.com)
My boss refuses to update Windows 7 system
Hi everyone,...
Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars (www.cnn.com)
Abortion Ballot Measures Aren't Safe From the Courts (www.jezebel.com)
FCC pushes ISPs to fix security flaws in Internet routing (arstechnica.com)
Updated Intel Meteor Lake Tuning For Linux Shows Huge Performance/Power Improvements (www.phoronix.com)
Trump, in his first post-trial rally, demands that appeals courts reverse his felony conviction (apnews.com)
On Tuesday these Republicans voted to defund Nato (www.newsweek.com)